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As expected, second-gen Ryzen chips are a little better at everything compared to the first generation. I already preferred the Ryzen 5 1600 over the Core i5-8400 with the former seeming like the better all-rounder and I now prefer the 2600X to any of the Coffee Lake Core i5 parts, for the same reasons.

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As expected, second-gen Ryzen chips are a little better at everything compared to the first generation. I already preferred the Ryzen 5 1600 over the Core i5-8400 with the former seeming like the better all-rounder and I now prefer the 2600X to any of the Coffee Lake Core i5 parts, for the same reasons.

The Ryzen 5 2600X isn't quite the all-out victory that the Ryzen 7 2700X is, but the improvements made over its predecessor are significant and worthy of notice. AMD's new mid-range processor also has significantly better multi-core performance over its...

AMD has stuffed an impressive amount of bang into the Ryzen 7 2700X for the buck, and if the stuff it does well meshes with your workload, you really can't go wrong. The second round of Ryzen looks mighty fine indeed, and I'm happy to call both the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X TR Editor's Choice's.

What it really boils down to is your main usage scenarios. For a fixed financial outlay, content creators ought to favour 2nd Generation Ryzen - it's Zen done right - others may see the light-load and lower-res gaming virtues of Intel as winning attributes. Whatever you choose, they will all provide a good, solid platform.

The Ryzen 5 2600X provides an immense value proposition compared to the Intel i5-8600K while outperforming it in many tests. Both price-conscious gamers and creatives alike will find the Ryzen 5 2600X a fantastic option.

For a hundred bucks less, priced at 229 USD, you could also be interested in the six-core / twelve threads Ryzen 5 2600X. The hexa-core flagship comes with an increased base and turbo frequency running upwards to 4.2 GHz, this might be the new CPU for many to get their overall desktop and PC Gaming freak on going.

The Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X refine the already impressive Ryzen CPUs and, joined by the X470 chipset, should be considered by anyone looking for a huge amount of performance at a relatively modest investment.

Just one year after the original Ryzen launch, AMD brings us a refined version of Zen, called Zen+. The new processors use an improved 12 nanometer process, which AMD used to increase clock frequencies without having to bump the voltage. AMD also added refinements to their cache and memory subsystem, which result in a few percentage points extra performance. Also new is improvements to how Boost works, which will dial in higher clocks, more consistently.

AMD Second Generation Ryzen 2000 Series Processors -- Find Them At AmazonAMD and its board partners have done an excellent job with the launch of these 2nd Generation Ryzen processors and their X470-based motherboard companions. To be clear, these are...